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September is National Preparedness Month

Posted on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 4:00 pmSeptember 17, 2020 Posted in Disaster Response by VAntage Point Contributor 1k views

National Preparedness Month (NPM) is recognized each September to promote family and community disaster …

Veteran and his wife

Delivering Precision Oncology to Improve Veteran care

Posted on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 2:00 pmSeptember 4, 2020 Posted in Health, Research, Technology, Top Stories by Ashleigh Barry 6k views

VA's Precision Oncology program has significantly grown over the past several years and today is used in …

Army Veteran Richard Halicek is today's Veteran of the Day.

#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Richard Halicek

Posted on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 11:30 amSeptember 1, 2020 Posted in Veteran of the Day by VAntage Point Contributor 783 views

On his 90th birthday, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Richard Halicek, who served in the 35th …

Health provider giving a woman a flu vaccine

Fighting flu together: Get an immunization!

Posted on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 9:50 amSeptember 8, 2020 Posted in Coronavirus, Health, Inside Veterans Health, Top Stories by VAntage Point Contributor 343k views

Last flu season, more than 27,000 Veterans came to VA hospitals with the flu. In addition, over 4,600 …

See how VA Careers uses hiring data to monitor coronavirus hiring.

VIDEO: Take a by-the-numbers look at VA hiring

Posted on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 9:00 amSeptember 3, 2020 Posted in Employment, VA Careers by VA Careers 5k views

Crystal Cruz, executive director of human capital management at VHA, walks through VA’s hiring numbers in …